Assessing market risks and potential winners and losers in the year ahead.

Assessing the wider issues that must be resolved if peace is to return to Ukraine.

Any prospect of wider economic renewal in Venezuela starts and ends with its energy industry.

Despite some improvement in crime statistics over the past year, Venezuela remains one of the most dangerous countries in the world.

The Rwandan economic miracle is not without its costs.

If past record is any indication, a healthy skepticism is warranted concerning Iran’s new oil discovery in Khuzestan province.

Tobacco smuggling continues to fund trans-national criminal and terrorist networks around the world. But it doesn’t need to be this way.

Despite a recent stabilization, African debt levels have some worrying about the continent’s resilience in the event of a global economic downturn.

Xenophobia and climate change are providing fertile ground for ecofascism to win new converts.

Exploring the strategic rationale behind the PLA Navy’s ongoing modernization program.